Have someone come up with a design, 3D print it locally and test it out. You can then ship it out to a professional 3D printing company where you have LOTS of options for materials. Some have carbon fiber, some have metal, some have resilient plastics, resins, etc.
The design is key though. The designer will need to know how the weight will sit on it so they can allow the layers to shear off at a layer line. I have a resin printer and with the different material options, I would trust them holding expensive equipment after being cured. Parts are typically printed at off angles so you don't have the layer strength issues you would with FDM printing. On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 11:36 AM Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As these need to hold up $500 APs and survive year-round outdoors, I wouldn't > trust 3d-printed plastics. > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 10:19 AM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: >> >> 3d printing? >> >> From: Colin Stanners >> Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 9:12 AM >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> Subject: [AFMUG] Locating Cambium's Chinese plastics supplier (e501s bracket >> mass-purchase for quick-reinstall event Wi-Fi ) >> >> Hi AFMUG, a rare request here. >> >> I'm looking to purchase a large number of Cambium's e501s brackets, which >> they don't sell individually (reasonable enough due to low demand). >> >> A while ago on one of our packages from (passed through) Cambium, I noticed >> the name of a Chinese supplier that I didn't recognize. I visited their >> website and they seemed to be Cambium's plastics supplier. But I didn't >> consider that information worth saving. Has anyone noticed that name so that >> I can attempt to buy a number of brackets directly, if they are allowed to >> sell them? >> >> Reasoning: I'm trying to put together a "super-fast event Wi-Fi >> re-deployment" design. Basically, at the many locations where we offer Wi-Fi >> once or twice a year, we'd have existing e501S slide-on mounts, also >> terminated RJ45 ends with the cable glands in a tough plastic bag ziptied to >> the tower. All events would have the routers/PoE switches left onside with a >> standardized IP/VLAN/etc setup. The idea is that we can tell the techs "grab >> 15 event APs", which don't need to be programmed by the office as they have >> a standard config, and after climb the techs spend <1min per AP to slide on >> and plug in. So with these and other optimizations, an event of e.g. 5 sites >> x 3 APs per site can be fully re-deployed in 1-2hours, instead of the 1-2 >> days that we normally spend organizing, programming, attaching mounts, >> cabling, etc. >> >> ________________________________ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
